FAFK Fisantekraal Airport VFR

  • Name
    Fisantekraal Airport
  • ICAO / GPS
    FAFK / FAFK
  • Type
  • Region
  • Timezone
    12:14 pm (SAST)
  • Municipality
    Fisantekraal
  • Coordinates
    33° 46′ 12″ N 18° 44′ 23″ E
  • Elevation
    399 ft (122 m MSL)

About Fisantekraal Airport

Cape Winelands Airport (formerly Fisantekraal Airfield) is an ex-South African Air Force airfield built circa 1943, and used to operate Lockheed Ventura bombers. It is located approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) northeast of Durbanville. It has been in private ownership since 1993.

Cape Winelands Airport serves as a general flying airfield, and is a favourite for flight training in the Cape Town area. Most of the fixed wing and helicopter schools, and Air Mercy Services' Pilatus PC-12 from Cape Town International (FACT) and Morningstar airfield (Morningstar Flight Academy) also visit Cape Winelands Airport for circuit and emergency training. Private and company aircraft sometimes pick up or drop passengers at Cape Winelands Airport .

The largest aircraft to have landed at Cape Winelands Airport was as of 22 August 2017 a Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Call sign 5X-UCF, made several landings. Quite a few advertisements and movies have also been filmed on location at Cape Winelands Airport.

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